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I painted a unit of stone trolls for June's Dakka painting challenge. Critique/criticism is always welcome. Thanks for looking.

I'd yellow up them eyes make em pop a bit


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And maby make there tummy boils a lil more boil\pusie

I second the comment on the eyes, and the weapons could use another round of highlights, as the edges and textures get a bit lost. Another round of highlights on the skin, and warming up the tones on the teeth wouldn't be a bad idea, either.

it's a good start, though.

The bellies look appear to be a totally different colour to the rest of the skin, yes? Use blue deep shading instead of black for the bellies, and a thin blue wash around the edges of the white/grey to blend it in slightly more?

Thanks for the tips folks.

Touch up the rocks. They'd look a bunch better. Stone trolls are kinda a bad example of painting skill imo, as they ALWAYS look like no thinning went into the process. Even on the GW page .

(no really. Look) http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Stone-Troll-with-Great-Axe

I really like the eyes (although I would agree that yellowing them up a little would be ace)...

I would suggest also adding a lighter highlight to the scaly patches to make them stand out a little from the rest of the skin.


They look good as a unit, though.